Steve says, “For months, I’ve been playing with the form, and emailing pics to David in Santa Fe for his reaction. Mostly, we agreed that there was an interesting, if creepy, wormy quality to the early incarnations that we finally overcame with more practice and experimentation.”

Those of us who have followed this duo for a few years may detect a return to the cartoon quality of their early works. The inside out color adds a dash of intrigue.

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I have always loved their old Zen City Cane work. I find much of their recent work too sophisticated for my taste. I see the work involved and apreciate the technique and diffaculty but it doesn’t sing to me.